†Hesperinus electrus Skartveit 2009 (march fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: J. Skartveit. 2009. Fossil Hesperinidae and Bibionidae from Baltic amber (Diptera: Bibionoidea). Studia Dipterologica 15:3-42
Belongs to Hesperinus according to J. Skartveit 2021
See also Skartveit 2009
Sister taxa: Hesperinus heeri, Hesperinus hyalopterus, Hesperinus macroculatus
Type specimen: Hoffeins 1093-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
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